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Expedia’s Reorganization Efforts Make the Company Less Nimble

Expedia Group is reshaping its internal teams, which contributed to a weak third quarter of 2019. Expedia Group

Skift Take: Behind the scenes, the reorganization within Expedia Group must be ugly. Otherwise the CEO wouldn't have cited it near the beginning of his prepared remarks during the earnings call. The last time Expedia cited a distraction like this was in 2016 when it stumbled after acquiring Orbitz Worldwide the previous year.

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